Whether it’s the classic brunch staple Hollandaise or Guy Fieri’s Donkey Sauce, human beings have always seemed to have a love affair with condiments. From the murky history behind Worcestershire sauce to the great French culinary tradition of the five Mother Sauces, here are five key moments in sauce history that have changed the way [...]

Hey y’all! Julia Fowler wrote and directed this skit Sh%t
Southern Women Say, featuring herself and three other southern belles
from South Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi. We’re fixin’ to tell you
how much we [...]

As Hurricane Sandy makes landfall on the East Coast, here’s a look back at other dramatic hurricanes in American history.
Galveston, Texas Hurricane, September 1900
This hurricane was the deadliest in U.S. history—the estimated death toll was 8000 (to compare, 1800 people died during Hurricane Katrina). Damage to a church.
The hurricane, which had a storm [...]

There are monsters all around us -or at least the legends of monsters. Last week we saw some of the monsters of Asia. Now here are some of the scariest monsters of Europe.
1. Kelpie
The Kelpie lives in the lakes and rivers of Scotland, and is often referred to as a “water horse” because it is [...]

Killed just outside of Lafayette, Louisiana in 2003, Believe It or
Not! 10 dog collars and one dog harness were found inside the stomach
of this massive 12 foot alligator.
Alligators are slow growers and this monster may have been over 40 [...]

The third party presidential candidates we told you about a couple of weeks ago were only the top of the list of those running for president in 2012. There are plenty more, but as you go down the list, information becomes harder to find. Here are a few that are either on the ballot somewhere [...]

Greg Taylor of Mandeville, Louisiana evacuated his family to escape Hurricane Isaac. His daughter Ashley joined him–but her stuffed animals did not. She did, however, give them prudent instructions about how to shelter in place safely.
Link | Photo: Greg Taylor

Dr. Catherine Baucom was on her way to the Elliot Mastology Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a patient was waiting for her to perform surgery on Wednesday morning. But an accident on I-10 created a huge traffic jam in which hundreds of cars were stopped. That’s when Baucom took matters into her own hands, [...]

During World War II, the Allies famously tricked Hitler into believing that the First United States Army Group would invade France at Pas-de-Calais. The real invasion, of course, came at Normandy, and the First United States Army Group did not take part—mostly because it didn’t actually exist.
Fake military units aren’t the only thing the [...]

A carjacker in Shreveport, Louisiana experienced a major failure in the victim selection process when he tried to take a car that was stopped at a red light. Inside were three US Marshals:
Authorities say when Carter realized he had just tried to carjack three officers, he started running, but was caught a short time later.
He [...]